Date: 11/16/25 1:33 pm From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Rustic Bunting seen at the zoo
Hello, tweets.
To quote Simon & Garfunkel, “It’s all happening at the zoo, I do believe it’s true."
As well as the fantastic show put on by their Wild Lanterns display, the best ever, a friend (Pat Miller) just sent me an email with photos of a Rustic Bunting that she found at Woodland Park Zoo on Monday, 10 November. She would have sent it earlier, but her internet was out until now, and she wanted the ID confirmed. Her photos do indeed confirm it.
It was traveling with a flock of juncos, feeding in an open area next to a long, dense laurel hedge. If you go in the south entrance (Lion parking lot) and turn left, you come quickly to that area. We went there this morning and had no luck finding it, but there is no way of knowing how large a range that junco flock has or whether it will stay with them. We didn’t see the juncos where she had seen them but did find a flock in the adjacent Rose Garden, no admission fee and often very birdy.
If you go into the zoo, you’ll have the chance to see the unlighted Wild Lanterns, still very impressive.
